YouTube Premium Options?

LanceVance on 29/08/2024 - 10:57

My Ukrainian YT Premium account has sadly been found out. Before that I was using a yearly Indian plan until they required a local payment method.
Is there a new method/country that can be used? Is it down to crowdsourcing family plans, and if so are any people interested in joining one?

Full disclosure I would be happy to pay proper prices for YT Premium if they offered a tier that just got rid of ads! I'm not interested in their music offering or their 'exclusive' content, I just don't want ads. And since that is all the value I derive from it, paying $17 a month is more than I can justify.

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  • soan papdi on 29/08/2024 - 11:04
    +1

    Have any friends from India who still have local bank accounts? FWIW this is a good business opportunity for someone in India to charge a bit on top to set up accounts there and accept $$ payments here.

    • LanceVance on 29/08/2024 - 11:10

      Got an indian friend who has cards but they all require 2FA via SMS and he doesn't have an indian number currently. Will check in again though thanks for the reminder.

      • soan papdi on 29/08/2024 - 11:30

        When your payment was rejected, any impact on your account? I'm always worried that my main gmail account will get suspended for this kind of shenanigans

        • nocure on 29/08/2024 - 12:27
          +2

          Don't use your main, gmails are disposable

          • soan papdi on 29/08/2024 - 12:28
            +1

            @nocure: I haven't and this confirms me to not do it either. Good to hear similar opinions.

        • LanceVance on 29/08/2024 - 13:08
          +1

          Nothing happened to my gmail

      • HeWhoKnows on 30/08/2024 - 09:49
        -1

        Simple answer..
        Spend more time here on OB

    • kungfuman on 30/08/2024 - 16:16
      +2

      never pay for youtube use ad blockers fight capitalism!!

  • Kremleen on 29/08/2024 - 11:10
    +10

    I've been paying for Indian YT Premium for the last few years without a hitch. Even updated my card when the old one expired

    • thewiseone on 29/08/2024 - 12:34

      how did you go about updating your card? did you have to VPN and log into YT India again or just update it from AU YT?

    • Bruceflix on 29/08/2024 - 23:29

      Same

  • CodeXD on 29/08/2024 - 11:58
    +1

    Is it down to crowdsourcing family plans, and if so are any people interested in joining one?

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/search/node/tag%3Ayoutube%20typ…

  • DingoBilly on 29/08/2024 - 12:27
    +2

    I'm still in Turkey myself without issue. $2.50 a month.

    • buckster on 30/08/2024 - 06:44
      +4

      You mean…TurkiYEAHHHHH

    • R4 on 30/08/2024 - 16:42

      Yes, Turkey still working for me too.

      • gentlekoala5906 on 30/08/2024 - 17:15

        Turkey recently got cancelled for me after many years of no problems 😭

  • BargainBenno on 29/08/2024 - 12:43
    +2

    I use gamsgo and pay about $6 AUD a month. It is a family plan sharing method. DM me for details ok.

  • SnowDragon on 29/08/2024 - 13:01

    My Ukrainian YT Premium account has sadly been found out.

    What happened? Did YT ban your account or something? I moved from India to Ukraine last year and have been fine.

    • LanceVance on 29/08/2024 - 13:10
      +2

      Received an email along the lines of 'we believe the country your Youtube account is based in is not accurate, premium will end after this date'.
      When the date arrived, access ended!

  • EightImmortals on 29/08/2024 - 14:08
    +7

    "I just don't want ads."

    Adblock plus
    Ublock Origin
    Ghostery
    SmartTube+
    etc

    • Minimum chips on 29/08/2024 - 14:40
      +3

      On your phone:
      Install firefox
      Add Ublock extension
      Uninstall Youtube app
      Now links to youtube open in phone's browser, which blocks ads. No payment, VPNs or further effort required.

    • LanceVance on 29/08/2024 - 15:33
      +3

      TV is running Samsung Tizen software and phone is iOS.

      • Guybrush57 on 30/08/2024 - 16:15
        +4

        Sorry for your loss.

      • Falbium on 30/08/2024 - 17:32
        +2

        TV has a HDMI port, you don't have to run Tizen unless you want to

  • HardQuiz on 29/08/2024 - 15:55
    +1

    My Indian YT is still working.

    • LanceVance on 29/08/2024 - 16:04

      Nice, mine stopped working when my card expired and when it asked for a new card it had to be an indian one.

  • raisinberry777 on 29/08/2024 - 16:54
    +3

    I'm using Philippines - $10 for a family plan per month, just went up from $6. No issues.

    • bargrin on 30/08/2024 - 20:50

      What do you need to sign up for a phlipines account?

  • this is us on 29/08/2024 - 23:43

    I'm in India but have a plan in place in case I cannot remain in India, which I'm afraid will happen soon. Multiple options depending on your requirements for music or video, just search.

  • SBOB on 30/08/2024 - 06:40
    +1

    Just got notification that my indian account is going from 189inr to 299inr in October (family account)

    • blehbear on 30/08/2024 - 06:44

      Same

      • SBOB on 30/08/2024 - 06:48

        I happily hit agree as quick as I could. Don't want to give them an excuse to cancel it :)

    • kelasen on 30/08/2024 - 07:42

      Same

  • hootie on 30/08/2024 - 08:00

    I got an email saying my Indian YouTube premium was going up in price. Have to click on a button to accept, do you think this is something I should be doing through a VPN?

    • SBOB on 30/08/2024 - 08:11
      +2

      I did, but i doubt its needed.
      It just lands on a page in the youtube music app saying agree to price change.

      They already 'know' you arent in india listening or watching anyway ;)

  • mhz on 30/08/2024 - 08:28

    I'm still using my Indian account, in fact today they sent me an email notifying me of a price increase (a whole 40 cents!)

    • kelasen on 30/08/2024 - 09:45
      +1

      How did you calculate the increase of $0.40? Per my calculations it's an annual increase of ~$26

  • petestrash on 30/08/2024 - 09:37
    +1

    I'm with Argentina ~A$5 for the family plan.

    • Snoozer on 30/08/2024 - 12:56

      Same here with no issues yet.

  • McSandwich on 30/08/2024 - 10:02
    +2

    Look for Youtube Revanced. Its stock youtube without ads. I've been using it for years without issue. https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/13rqbiy/revanc….

  • Shpox on 30/08/2024 - 11:19

    You now need a credit card issued in the countrty you're VPNing too.

  • margiela on 30/08/2024 - 12:58

    I have an Indian account with a family spot. DM me if you are interested.

  • Bruceflix on 30/08/2024 - 13:27

    Got an email today, India increasing prices to ₹299.00/month. Hope accepting the increase doesn't cause location issues.

  • Guybrush57 on 30/08/2024 - 16:16
    -3

    I'm gobsmacked at the amount of people that pay for YouTube. You all must be very young or foolish.

    • rickdwp on 30/08/2024 - 19:29

      I use YouTube alot, why wouldn't I pay for it. People have subscriptions to Netflix, Stan, Disney etc and watch one show a month

      • Guybrush57 on 30/08/2024 - 19:38

        I guess it's because I was with YouTube from Day 1 where it was always free because it contained people's home videos and fun silly videos. Those days are gone and now it's filled with crud so I'm confused what content people feel is suddenly worth paying big money for.

        Mind telling me what you get out of it?

        • Cevolution on 30/08/2024 - 20:05

          I don’t pay for YouTube because I don’t see it as a great source for quality information. I mostly use YouTube for watching old wrestling segments. I’m not interested in the majority of amateur videos from people that have nothing better do with their time than create videos for other amateurs, who are essentially after likes and subscribes trying to make some money from it or get free stuff.

          Recently I watched a few videos on YouTube from people reviewing routers and the DF64 gen 2 coffee grinder, however I wasn’t overly interested in their opinions, I really just wanted to get a better look at the product itself.

          I collect 1080p Blu-rays and 4K Blu-rays, and the majority of amateur YouTube reviewers of these provide inaccurate info, and are incorrect and wrong with their evaluations regarding their quality, there are far more experienced and knowledgeable people that post on the Blu-ray.com forums who don’t create YouTube videos, than there are people that review them on YouTube… And I believe it’s likely the same for many other products too, people with the highest level of expertise don’t regularly release videos on YouTube.

  • pformag on 30/08/2024 - 16:54

    My Samsung TV can skip ads, so I use the free version on the Samsung Youtube app

  • Falbium on 30/08/2024 - 17:38
    +1

    I much prefer unofficial apps not just for ad blocking, but for features like SponsorBlock and removing useless features like "Shorts".

  • serpserpserp on 30/08/2024 - 18:57

    Just use one of the browsers that disables YT adds

  • Cevolution on 30/08/2024 - 19:04

    I haven’t paid YouTube any money for a subscription since YouTube Red when I wanted to watch Cobra Kai seasons 1 & 2 before Netflix took over as being the co-producer with Sony Pictures of the Sony owned series.

  • rickdwp on 30/08/2024 - 19:27
    +1

    Find 5 friends/family and get the family plan then it's like $6 a month

  • spixder on 30/08/2024 - 21:04

    ReVanced is your best friend

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